This task is about the cookie slurp code. For finalizing, communicating and deploying the actual list of wild slurp cookies, please see T135090.
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| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slurp and delete defunct cookies on every pageview | mediawiki/extensions/CentralNotice | master | +36 -2 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | Krinkle | T110353 Audit use of cookies | |||
| Open | None | T108849 Move CentralNotice stuff out of cookies | |||
| Open | None | T132640 CentralNotice: Slurp up existing wild cookies and copy them to LocalStorage or delete them |
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It seems the best approach here will be to have a configuration variable with a list of old cookies to delete. We'll run through the list and remove any we find on every pageview.
The vast majority of the cookies appear to be involved in counting banner impressions. Here is a tentative list, based on Mixin parameters in logs and cookies seen on production. (See: T132374#2229057, T131319#2197176 and T108849#2050638.)
Any cookies that are expected to be reused by future or existing campaigns should be left alone, since they'll be migrated automatically to LocalStorage (by code added for T132639) when such campaigns become active.
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Change 287289 had a related patch set uploaded (by AndyRussG):
Slurp and delete defunct cookies on every pageview
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Change 287289 merged by jenkins-bot:
Slurp and delete defunct cookies on every pageview
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The code that allows this is now merged. I'm making a separate task for the finalizing the list of cookies to slurp, and the related config change, since some community consultation or announcement may well be needed.
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